OUR HISTORY

  • Patent filed for Reinforced Earth®.

  • First structure built in Pragnière (France).

  • Company “Geoquest” founded. First major structures built on the A53 (France).

  • First load-bearing abutment completed in Strasbourg (France)

  • Patent filed for the TerraClass® precast concrete cruciform facings. First overseas subsidiary founded: Geoquest in Canada.

  • “The Geoquest Company” founded in the USA.

  • “Geoquest” founded in Spain.

  • The company broke the 100,000 m² barrier in terms of Reinforced Earth® walls built around the world.

  • First inclined storage structure (USA).

  • Recommendations and best practices published in France for Tierra Armada® structures (SETRA).

  • Welded wire mesh facings launched (TerraTrel®).

  • TechSpan® arches launched (in Spain and then Canada).

  • The company broke the 10 million m² barrier in terms of Tierra Armada® walls built around the world..

  • Geoquest incorporated into the Freyssinet Group, thereby expanding its product range with Freyssisol®, a process based on geosynthetic reinforcements.

  • GeoMega® system launched.

  • “Geoquest India” founded.

  • “Slaton Brothers” acquired in the USA.

  • Soletanche Freyssinet created as a parent company for Soletanche Bachy, Menard, Geoquest, Freyssinet and Nuvia.

  • Geoquest celebrated the 50th birthday of the Reinforced Earth® patent.

  • The company broke the 50 million m² barrier in terms of Reinforced Earth® structures built around the world.

  • Geoquest India built the tallest Reinforced Earth® structure in the history of the company in Thindharia, India, raising at 102.8m.

  • The company broke the 70 million m² barrier in terms of Reinforced Earth® structures built around the world.

  • Geoquest celebrated the 60th birthday of the Reinforced Earth® patent.

Read our Activity Report to discover our projects and achievements, and learn more about our future plans in the interview with our CEO, Vincent Oudin.